How Roshan D'Mello (QA Tester) frustrates developer (Mukesh Thakur)Roshan D'Mello: Hey Mukesh, there is a bug in your code. Type a text inuser name text box and press enter. Beep sound doesn't appear.Mukesh Thakur: How can that be a bug? There is no requirement that beepsound should come. Anyway, I will assign it to offshore and get it fixed.After 2 days,Mukesh Thakur: Roshan, bug is fixed. Please verify.After another 2 days,Roshan D'Mello: I have re-opened the bug because sound is not coming insome PCs. Sound is coming in my machine, but my colleague Rajat Choudhry isnot getting the sound.After another 2 days,Mukesh Thakur: Not a bug. I observed that your friend Rajat Choudhry hasold IBM machine. Unlike your DELL machine, IBM machines do not have inbuiltspeakers. So, to hear the sound in Rajat Choudhry's machine, please usehead phones and then get the bug closed soon.Another 2 days,Roshan D'Mello: I have re-opened the bug because sound tone is differentacross different machines. Sound is coming as 'BEEP' in my machine, but mycolleague Rajat Choudhry who is having IBM machine is getting the sound as'TONG'.Mukesh Thakur: Not a bug. Get lost man. What can we do for the bug? The twomachines are built in such a way that they produce different sounds. Do youexpect the developers to rebuild the IBM processors to make them uniform?Please close it.Another 2 days,Roshan D'Mello: I have re-opened the bug because intensity of beep soundproduced on 2 different DELL machines is different. My machine producesbeep sound of intensity 10 decibels whereas my friend's machine producessound worth 20 decibels. Fix your code to make the sound uniform across allmachines.Another 2 days later,Mukesh Thakur: Once again it is not a bug. I have noticed that the volumeset is different on the two machines. Ensure that volume is same in boththe machines before I get mad and then close the bug.Another 2 days,Roshan D'Mello: I have re-opened the bug.Mukesh Thakur: What ?? Why? What more stupid reasons can be there forre-opening?Roshan D'Mello: Sound intensity is different for machines placed atdifferent locations (different buildings). So, I have re-opened it.After 2 days,Mukesh Thakur: I have made some scientists do an acoustical analysis of thetwo buildings you used for testing. They have observed that the acousticsin the two buildings varies to a large extent. That is why sound intensityis different across the 2 buildings. So, I beg you to please close thebugs.After 1 yearRoshan D'Mello: I am re-opeing the bug. During the year, I requested theclients to arrange architects to build two buildings with same acousticalfeatures, so that I can test it again. Now, when I tested, I found thatintensity of sound still varying. So, I am re-opening the defect.Mukesh Thakur: GROWLLLL.....I am really mad now. I am sure that the soundwaves of the two buildings are getting distorted due to some backgroundnoice or something. Now I need to waste time to prove that it is because ofbackground noice.Roshan D'Mello: No need for that. We will put the machines and run themin vacuum and see.Mukesh Thakur: (not alive)

Know About U

JANUARY=PIMPLoves to chat. Loves those who love them. Loves to takes things at thecentre. Caring and loving. Inner and physical beauty. doesn't pretend. Getsangry often. Treats friends importantly. Brave and fearless. Always makingfriends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does notcare to control emotions. Unpredictable. Extremely smart, but definitelythe hottest AND sexiest.

FEBRUARY=THUGAbstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever.Changing personality. Attractive. sexiest out of everyone.A real speeddemon. Has more than one best friend. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble.Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious whenrestricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angryreally easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Lovesmaking friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious.Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure.Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous.Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions..

MARCH=GORGEOUSDrop dead gorgeous!!! Attractive personality. Very! sexy. Affectionate &Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Chatterbox! Loves totalk alot! Loves to get their way! . Unbelievable kisser! Easily angered.Very stubborn in the most way possible! Loves to get noticed!> >Willing totake risks for others. Makes good choices. Has a great fashion sense! Maybea little too popular with others * wink wink*. Outgoing and crazy at times!Intelligent. Can sometimes be a heartbreaker! Can love as much as possible!Hates insults. Loves compliments! A very big flirt!Trustworthy.Appreciative and returns kindness. The best in bed out of NE of thesemonths!! Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Observant andassesses others.likes to keep theyre crushes kinda secret.pretty muchflawless

APRIL=SEXYSuave and compromising. Funny and humorous. Stubborn. Very talkative. Calmand cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal. Does workwell with others. Very confident. Sensitive. Positive Attitude. Thinkinggenerous. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look forinformation. Able to cheer everyone up and/or make them laugh. Able tomotivate oneself and others. Understanding. Fun to be around. Outgoing.Hyper. Bubbly personality. Secretive. Boy/girl crazy. Loves sports, music,leisure and travelling. Systematic. Hot but has brains.

"MAY=LOVERHella sexy, loves sex n making luv, tends to be SOOOOO hott!! Active anddynamic. Decisive and haste but tends to regret. Attractive andaffectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic.Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless.Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous. Usually you have manyfriends. Enjoys to make love. Emotional. Stubborn. Hasty. Good memory.Moving, motivates oneself and others. Loves to travel and explore.Sometimes sexy in a way that only their lover can understand.

JUNE = LUSTFun to be with. Loves to try new things. Boy/girls LOVE you. You are veryhott. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unlessexcited or tensed. Takesrep pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easilyconsoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly.Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easilyhurt. Witty and sparkly. spazzy at times.Not revengeful. Forgiving butnever forgets. dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides othersphysically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caringand loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary andsharp.Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties instudying. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the oldfriends. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unlessprovoked. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.

JULY=GANGSTAYou've got the best personality and are an absolute pleasure to be around.You love to make new friends and be outgoing. You are a great flirt andmore than likely have a very attractive partner, a wicked hottie. Likesomebody with a JUNE brithday. It is also more likely than that you have amassive record collection. When it comes to films, you know how to pickthem and may one day become a famous actor/actress yourself - heck, you'vegot the looks for it!!!.

AUGUST=ATTITUDEOutgoing personality. Takes risks. Feeds on attention. Self control. Kindhearted. Self confident. Easy to get along with and talk to. Likes talkingand singing. loves music. Hates not being trusted. BIG imagination. Lovesto be loved. Loves studying. In need of "that someone". Longs for freedom.Rebellious when withheld or restricted. lives by "no pain no gain" caring.Always a suspect. Playful. Mysterious. "Charming" or "beautiful" toeveryone. Stubborn. Beautiful physically and mentally. Curious.Independent. strong willed. A fighter.

SEPTEMBER=FINEASS PIMPLoves to chat. Loves those who love them. Loves to takes things at thecentre. Great in bed. Inner and physical beauty. Doesn't pretend. Getsangry often. A meaningful love life partner. Makes right choices. Treatsfriends importantly. Brave and fearless. Always makingfriendDoes notharmothers. It is all about love and fairness. Easily hurt and hard to recover.Daydreamer and does fullfill. Opinionated. Does not care to controlemotions. Knows what to do, to have fun. Unpredictable. Someone to haveclose to you. Extremely smart,butdefinitely the hottest ANDsexiest of themall.

OCTOBER=HOTTIETrustworthy and loyal. Very passionate and dangerous. Wild at times. Knowshow to have fun. Sexy and mysterious. Everyone is drawn towards your innerand outer beauty and independent personality. Playful, but secretive. Veryemotional and temperamental sometimes. Meets new people easily and verysocial in a group. Fearless and independent. Can hold their own. Standsout in a crowd. Essentially very smart. Usually, you ever begin arelationship with someone from this month, hold on to them because theirone of a kind.

NOVEMBER=SWEETIEStubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharpthoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deepfeelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs nomotivation. Shy towards opposite sex. Easily consoled. Systematic (leftbrain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sicknessusually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weakbreathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves travelling. Dislike beingat home. Restless. having many children. Hardworking. High spirited

DECEMBER=BEAUTYThis straight-up means ur the most good-looking Loyal and generous.Patriotic. Competitive in everything. Active in games and interactions.Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to bewith. Easy to talk to, though hard to understand. Thinks far with vision,yet complicated to know. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite andsoft-spoken. Having lots of ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating,Tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the Stubborn and hard-hearted.Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered.Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physicallyand mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Shy towards oppositesex. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strongclairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck.Goodimagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and thearts. Loves travelling. Dislike being at home. Restless. having manychildren. Hardworking. High spirited

Modern Panchatantra
Here is a tale from the Modern Panchatantra contributed by Syed AkhterOnce upon a time, there was a software engineer who used to developprograms on his Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of ariver. He used to earn his bread by selling those programs in the Sundaymarket.One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled off the table and fellin the river. Encouraged by the Panchatantra story of his childhood (TheWoodcutter and the Axe), he started praying to the River Goddess.The River Goddess wanted to test him and so appeared only after one monthof rigorous prayers. The engineer told her that he had lost his computer inthe river. As usual, the Goddess wanted to test his honesty.She showed him a match box and asked, "Is this your computer?"Disappointed by the Goddess' lack of computer awareness, the engineerreplied, "No."She next showed him a pocket-sized calculator and asked if that was his.Annoyed, the engineer said "No, not at all!!"Finally, she came up with his own Pentium machine and asked if it was his.The engineer, left with no option, sighed and said "Yes."The River Goddess was happy with his honesty. She was about to give him allthree items, but before she could make the offer, the engineer asked her,"Don't you know that you're supposed to show me some better computersbefore bringing up my own?"The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, "I know that, you stupididiot! The first two things I showed you were the Trillennium and theBillennium, the latest computers from IBM!" So saying, she disappeared withthe Pentium!!Moral: If you're not up-to-date with technology trends, it is better keepsilent and let people think you're a genius, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!!!

IT returns for the assessment year, you can file it online also

July 31st is the last date to file the IT Returns for the
assessment year.
you can file it online as which is free of cost and it only
takes 15
minutes of your time.

Following are the steps.

1. Go to www.incometaxindia.gov.in
2. Register yourself with your PAN no as your login ID.
3. Download the software of that form (its nothing but a PDF
file).
Same form is attached. You require adobe acrobat reader 7 and above.
(Filling the form can be done offline also. Only the xml file is
required
for filing the returns. )
4. Fill it. Have your Form 16 along side you. It has all the
information required. And have your check book also because you will
need
bank details also.
5. At the bottom of the PDF there are 4 buttons Print, Check
Form,
Generate Bar Code, and Export to xml. After fill click on Check form
and
then click on Generate bar code. Finally click on Export to xml.
6. This will generate an xml file. Save it. (Ensure the file name
has
no special char or space).
7. Now login to the site there is option to "Submit returns".
8. Upload the xml file. You will get an acknowledgement form link
"ITR-V". Download this and save it for reference.
9. That's it.

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This is really interesting !!!!!.

Blackle is nothing but a black version of google."A few months ago, TreeHugger Mark Ontkush wrote a post on his blog EcoIrontitled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year. The post lays outthe following train of thought. "An all white web page uses about 74 wattsto display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts." Google, which hasa white background and gets about "200 million queries a day" could reduceglobal energy use by 750 Megawatt-hours a year by simply changing the colorof its homepage to black.In response to this post a black version of Google emerged calledBlackle.com. According to Blackle's homepage at publication time, 4,408.917Watt hours have been saved by. Nice ideas. But how does the search measureup? Very well indeed. Give it a whirl yourself and start saving energy onesearch at a time. ::

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The President of IndiaDR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalaam's Speech in Hyderabad
"I have three visions for India.In 3000 years of our history, people from all over the world have come andinvaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds. From Alexanderonwards. The Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British,the French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over what wasours. Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conqueredanyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history andtried to enforce our way of life on them. Why? Because we respect thefreedom of others. That is why my first vision is that of FREEDOM. Ibelieve that India got its first vision of this in 1857, when we startedthe war of independence. It is this freedom that we must protect andnurture and build on. If we are not free, no one will respect us.My second vision for India is DEVELOPMENT. For fifty years we have been adeveloping nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation. Weare among top 5 nations of the world in terms of GDP. We have 10 percentgrowth rate in most areas. Our poverty levels are falling. Our achievementsare being globally recognized today. Yet we lack the self-confidence to seeourselves as a developed nation, self-reliant and self-assured. Isn't thisincorrect?I have a THIRD vision. India must stand up to the world. Because I believethat, unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. OnlySTRENGTH respects strength. We must be strong not only as a military powerbut also as an economic power. Both must go hand-in-hand. My good fortunewas to have worked with three great minds. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai of the Dept.of space, Professor Satish Dhawan, who succeeded him and Dr.Brahm Prakash,father of nuclear material. I was lucky to have worked with all three ofthem closely and consider this the great opportunity of my life.I see four milestones in my career:Twenty years I spent in ISRO. I was given the opportunity to be the projectdirector for India's first satellite launch vehicle, SLV3. The one thatlaunched Rohini. These years played a very important role in my life ofScientist. After my ISRO years, I joined DRDO and got a chance to be thepart of India's guided missile program. It was my second bliss when Agnimet its mission requirements in 1994. The Dept. of Atomic Energy and DRDOhad this tremendous partnership in the recent nuclear tests, on May 11 and13. This was the third bliss. The joy of participating with my team inthese nuclear tests and proving to the world that India can make it, thatwe are no longer a developing nation but one of them. It made me feel veryproud as an Indian. The fact that we have now developed for Agni a re-entrystructure, for which we have developed this new material. A very lightmaterial called carbon-carbon.One day an orthopedic surgeon from Nizam Institute of Medical Sciencesvisited my laboratory. He lifted the material and found it so light! thathe took me to his hospital and showed me his patients.There were these little girls and boys with heavy metallic calipersweighing over three Kg. each, dragging their feet around.He said to me: Please remove the pain of my patients. In three weeks, wemade these Floor reaction Orthosis 300-gram calipers and took them to theorthopedic centre. The children didn't believe their eyes. From draggingaround a three kg. load on their legs, they could now move around! Theirparents had tears in their eyes. That was my fourth bliss!Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed torecognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation.We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledgethem.Why? We are the first in milk production. We are number one in Remotesensing satellites. We are the second largest producer of wheat. We are thesecond largest producer of rice. Look at Dr. Sudarshan, he has transferredthe tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit.There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed inthe bad news and failures and disasters. I was in Tel Aviv once and I wasreading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks andbombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But thefront page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who infive years had transformed his desert land into an orchid and a granary. Itwas this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details ofkillings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried amongother news.In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are weso NEGATIVE?Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things?We want foreign T.Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize thatself-respect comes with self-reliance?I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked mefor my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I wantto live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build thisdeveloped India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation;it is a highly developed nation.Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance. Got 10minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.YOU say that our government is inefficient.YOU say that our laws are too old.YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, The airline isthe worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.YOU say, say and say.What do YOU do about it?Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - YOURS. Give him aface - YOURS.YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. InSingapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in thestores.YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5(approx. Rs.60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causewayor Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM.YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you haveover stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your statusidentity. .In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat inpublic during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without yourhead covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of thetelephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, "see to itthat my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else."YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and thentell the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?).I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost."YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbagepail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand.Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo?Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston???We are still talking of the same YOU.YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries butcannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the roadthe moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved andappreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same herein India?Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay,Mr.Tinaikar, had a point to make. "Rich people's dogs are walked on thestreets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said."And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame theauthorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect theofficers to do?Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job.Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?" He's right. We go tothe polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility.We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to doeverything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expectthe Government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbageall over the place nor are we going to stop to pick up a stray piece ofpaper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide cleanbathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food andtoiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity.This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service tothe public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related towomen, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing roomprotestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It's thewhole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego mysons' rights to a dowry." So who's going to change the system?What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of ourneighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and thegovernment. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actuallymaking a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along withour families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries faraway and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with amajestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in theirglory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run toEngland. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight outto the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued andbrought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rapethe country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience ismortgaged to money.Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a greatdeal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoingJ.F.Kennedy 's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians....."ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHATAMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY"Lets do what India needs from us.Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes orjunk mails.Thank you,Dr. Abdul Kalaam (PRESIDENT OF INDIA)

It is not enough to have solid answers only for the above questions. You need to be prepared for the full spectrum of questions that may be presented. For further practice, make sure you go through the required mock interview (see the "Competitive Interview Prep" Section) and for further review, look at some of the following questions:
Tell me about yourself.

What do you want to do with your life?
Do you have any actual work experience?
How would you describe your ideal job?
Why did you choose this career?
When did you decide on this career?
What goals do you have in your career?
How do you plan to achieve these goals?
How do you evaluate success?
Describe a situation in which you were successful.
What do you think it takes to be successful in this career?
What accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction in your life?
If you had to live your life over again, what would you change?
Would your rather work with information or with people?
Are you a team player?
What motivates you?
Why should I hire you?
Are you a goal-oriented person?
Tell me about some of your recent goals and what you did to achieve them.
What are your short-term goals?
What is your long-range objective?
What do you see yourself doing five years from now?
Where do you want to be ten years from now?
Do you handle conflict well?
Have you ever had a conflict with a boss or professor? How did you resolve it?
What major problem have you had to deal with recently?
Do you handle pressure well?
What is your greatest strength?
What is your greatest weakness?
If I were to ask one of your professors to describe you, what would he or she say?
Why did you choose to attend your college?
What changes would you make at your college?
How has your education prepared you for your career?
What were your favorite classes? Why?
Do you enjoy doing independent research?
Who were your favorite professors? Why?
Why is your GPA not higher?
Do you have any plans for further education?
How much training do you think you'll need to become a productive employee?
What qualities do you feel a successful manager should have?
Why do you want to work in the _____ industry?
What do you know about our company?
Why are you interested in our company?
Do you have any location preferences?
How familiar are you with the community that we're located in?
Will you relocate? In the future?
Are you willing to travel? How much?
Is money important to you?
How much money do you need to make to be happy?

What kind of salary are you looking for? Don't just read these questions--practice and rehearse the answers. Don't let the company interview be the first time you have actually formulated an answer in spoken words. It is not enough to think about them in your head--practice! Sit down with a friend, a significant other, or your roommate (an especially effective critic, given the amount of preparation to date) and go through all of the questions. Make the most of every single interview opportunity by being fully prepared!

Greatness of Sardarji's (Not a joke!!!!!)

"Hello friends!! Well, jayant , my friend, told me the following incidentwhich I wish to share with you. It has had a deep impact on my thinking.In the diwali vacation, Jayant and his couple of friends had gone to Delhi.They rented a taxi for local sight-seeing. The driver was an old Sardar,and boys being boys, Jayant and his pals began cracking Sardarji jokes,just to insinuate the old man.But to their surprise, the fellow remained unperturbed.At the end of the sight-seeing, they paid up the hire-charges. The Sardarreturned the change. Moreover, he gave each one of them one rupee extra andsaid, (in Hindi, of course),''Since morning you have been telling Sardarji jokes. I listened to themall and let me tell you, some of them were in a very bad taste. Still, Idon't mind coz I know that you are young blood and are yet to see theworld. But I have just one request. Here I am giving you one rupee each.Give it to the first Sardar beggar that you come across in this city."Jayant continued," That one rupee coin is still with me. I couldn't find asingle Sardar begging on the streets of Delhi."Friends, we all love sardar jokes. But the fact of matter is that Sikhs areone of the most prosperous and diversified communities in the world. Thesecret behind their universal success, according to me, is theirwillingness to do any job with utmost dedication. A Sardar will drive atruck or set up a roadside garage or a dhaba, but he will never beg on thestreets.

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Hear Attack
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Let's say it's 6.15 pm and u are driving home (alone of course) after anunusually hard day on the job. you are really tired, andfrustrated.........You are really stressed and upset.....Suddenly you start experiencingsevere pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and upinto your jaw.you are only five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunatelyyou don't know if you will be able to make it that far.

What to Do:-
You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that conducted the course did nottell u how to perform it on yourself!!!How to survive a heart attack when alone?Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help,they person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint,has only about 10 seconds left before losing conscious
Answer:-------

Do not panic, but start coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.A deep breath should be taken before each cough, the cough must be deep andprolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds withoutlet-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beatingnormally again.Deep breaths get OXYGEN into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze theheart and keep the bloor CIRULATING. The squeezing pressure on the heartalso helps it regain normal rhythm.
In this way, heart attack victims canget to a hospital.Tell as many other people as possible about this.........

It could save their lives!!! Don't ever think that you are not prone toheart attack as your age is less than 25 or 30. Nowadays due to the changein the lifestyle, heart attack is found among people of all age groups.

Do you know,
Letters 'a', 'b', 'c' &'d' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to99.
( Letter 'd' comes for the first time in Hundred )
Letters 'a', 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999
( Letter 'a' comes for the first time in Thousand )
Letters 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of1 to 999,999,999
( Letter 'b' comes for the first time in Billion )
And
Letter 'c' does not appear anywhere in the spellings of entire Englishcounting.

Your Love is Ur Heart,
Your heart is Ur Spouse ,
Your spouse is Ur Future ,
Your future is Ur Destiny ,
Your destiny is Ur Ambition,
Your ambition is Ur Aspiration ,
Your aspiration is Ur Motivation ,
Your motivation is Ur Belief ,
Your belief is Ur Peace ,
Your peace is Ur Target ,
Your target is Heaven ,
Heaven is no fun without FRIENDS .
It's "World Best Friends Week" send this to all ur good friends.
Even me, if i am one of them. See how many u get back.
If u gets more than 3 u r really a lovable person.............I am waiting

Personal Loans! What Banks Hide from you
It is very easy getting a personal loan these days. You can walk into a bank or a consumer finance company and get a loan in a very short period of time. Or it can be the other way round as well. A direct sales agent can come to you and convince you to take a personal loan.
While convincing you to take a personal loan, the bank or the direct sales agent is likely to tell you that the rate of interest charged on these loans is in the region of 20-25%. The logic given is something like this:
Let us say an individual decides to take a personal loan of Rs 75,000 to be repaid over a period of three years. You are told that to repay this loan you would have to pay an amount of Rs 3,400 every month.
Hence, over a period of three years, the total amount you would have paid would work out to Rs 122,400. Of this Rs 75,000, is the loan that you have taken. Hence, you pay an interest of Rs 47,400 (Rs 122,400 - Rs 75,000) over a period of three years.
An interest of Rs 47,400 works out to Rs 15,800 (Rs 47,400/3) per year. An interest of Rs 15,800 in a year on a loan amount of Rs 75,000 implies an interest rate of around 21%. This figure is arrived at by dividing Rs 15,800 by Rs 75,000 and expressing this as a percentage.
Banks and direct sales agents call this way of expressing interest is known as the flat rate of interest.
But this is not the right way to calculate interest. Banks and consumer finance companies in their zeal to give you the loan do not tell you the truth. In order to repay the loan, you have to pay a certain amount every month to the bank, or the consumer finance company, you have taken the loan from. Every month when you make this payment a certain part of the principal amount -- i.e. the actual loan that you had taken -- gets repaid.
Given this, the interest is to be calculated on the loan outstanding at any point in time, instead of on the principal. This is the right way of calculating interest and is known as the reducing balance method of calculating interest.
When this method is used to calculate interest the actual rate of interest is the example taken above comes to 35%.
Hence, the actual interest rate that you are paying on the loan is almost 15% higher than what banks and consumer finance companies lead you to believe.
For charging such a high rate of interest, the reason usually offered is that personal loans are unsecured, i.e. the individual taking the loan does not need to offer them a security. And since giving out such loans is risky business, the rate of interest is high.
The explanation is acceptable. But what is not acceptable is the fact that banks and consumer finance companies charge a rate of interest as high as 35% on their personal loans and tell their borrowers that the rate being charged is as low as 20%.
This clearly is a marketing ploy. It is easier to get people to borrow at lower rates than at higher rates.

*-Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.
*-Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
*-Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
*-You can only go as far as you push.
*-Actions speak louder than words.
*-The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else.
*-Don't let the past hold you back; you're missing the good stuff.
*-Life's short. If you don't look around once in a while, you might miss it.
*-A best friend is like a four leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.
*-If you think that the world means nothing, think again. You might mean the world to someone else.
*-When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there
*-True friendship never ends.
*-Friends are forever.
*-Good friends are like stars....You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
*-Don't frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile.
*-What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry?
*-NOBODY IS PERFECT UNTIL YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM. (Isn't that the truth?)
*-Everything is okay in the end.
*-If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
*-Send This to all those whom you consider as your love and your friends.

Banned Drugs



Please Read Very Carefully - INFORM FRIENDS & FAMILY.
India and Pakistan have become a dumping ground for banned drugs; also the business for production of banned drugs is booming. Please make sure that you buy drugs only prescribed by a doctor (Also, ask which company manufactures it, this would help to ensure that u get what is prescribed at the Drug Store) and that also from a reputed drug store. Not many people know about these banned drugs and consume them causing a lot of damage to themselves. This is far more important.


DANGEROUS DRUGS HAVE BEEN GLOBALLY DISCARDED BUT ARE AVAILABLE IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN . The most common ones are D cold, action 500 & Limuloid.

ANALGIN:
This is a pain-killer. Reason for ban: Bone marrow depression.
Brand name: Novalgin
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CISAPRIDE:
Acidity, constipation. Reason for ban : irregular heartbeat
Brand name : Ciza, Syspride
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DROPERIDOL:
Anti-depressant. Reason for ban : Irregular heartbeat.
Brand name : Droperol
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FURAZOLIDONE:
Antidiarrhoeal. Reason for ban : Cancer.
Brand name : Furoxone, Lomofen
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NIMESULIDE:
Painkiller, fever. Reason for ban : Liver failure.
Brand name : Nise, Nimulid
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NITROFURAZONE:
Antibacterial cream. Reason for ban : Cancer.
Brand name : Furacin
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PHENOLPHTHALEIN:
Laxative. Reason for ban : Cancer.
Brand name : Agarol
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PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE:
cold and cough. Reason for ban : stroke.
Brand name : D'cold, Vicks Action-500
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OXYPHENBUTAZONE:
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Reason for ban : Bone marrow depression.
Brand name : Sioril
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PIPERAZINE:
Anti-worms. Reason for ban : Nerve damage.
Brand name : Piperazine
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QUINIODOCHLOR:
Anti-diarrhoeal. Reason for ban : Damage to sight.
Brand name : Enteroquinol

President Bush went to a school to interact with the children. After having one brief talk with the children he asked them if they had any question to ask him.
One boy raised his hand and stood up;
Bush: whats your name
John: john
Bush: whats your question
John: sir I have three questions

1) why did America attack iraq without the approval of UNO
2) where is osama
3) why does America support Pakistan so much

Bush: you are an intelligent student john....(just then the bell for recess rang)
oh dear students we will continue after the recess is over.
After the recess
Bush: ok children where were we? Yes, so anybody wants to ask any question?
Peter raises his hand
Bush :Whats your name?
Peter : sir I have 5 questions.
1) why did America attack iraq without the approval of UNO
2) where is osama
3) why do America support Pakistan so much
4) why did recess bell rang 20 mins before the scheduled time
5) where is JOHN?

THE RACE

Once upon a time there was an Indian rowing team.
India and Japan agreed to do an annual rowing race. Each team should contain 8 men.
Both teams worked really hard to get in the best shape. The day the race started both teams were in similar condition……………….the Japanese won by 1 mile.

The mood in the Indian team was really close to the freeze point. The top management decided to win the race next year. So they established a team of analysts to observe the situation and recommend on appropriate solution. After several detailed analysis the team found out that Japanese had 7 rowers and only one captain.

Of course the Indian team had 7 captains but only one rower. Facing such critical scenario the management showed an unexpected wisdom: they hired the consulting company to restructure the Indian team.

After several months the consultants came up with the conclusion that there were too many captains and too few rowers in the Indian team. A solution was proposed based on this analysis: the structure of the Indian team has to be changed!.
As of today there will be only 4 captains in the team led by 2 managers, one top – manager and one rower. Besides that, they suggested to improve the rower’s working environment and to give him higher competencies.

Next year the Japanese won by 2 miles………..

The Indian team immediately displaced the rower from the team based on his unsatisfactory performance. But the bonus award was paid to the management for the strong motivation the team showed during the preparation phase.

The consulting company prepared a new analysis, which showed that the strategy was good, the motivation was O.K., but the used tool has to be improved.

Currently the Indian team is designing a new boat.

Mathematical Equations

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS
Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy
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OFFICE ARITHMETIC

Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime
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SHOPPING MATH

A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs.
A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn't need.
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GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
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HAPPINESS

To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
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L! ONGEVITY

Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
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PROPENSITY TO CHANGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
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DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE

A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
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HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

The Flame of Love
A student went to a saint and asked, "Master, tell me how can I protect my soul from the snares of the devil."
Without a word, the saint lit a candle and told him, "Put your hand over the flame."
"Oh, no, Master," said the student. "The flame is so hot that it would burn my fingers."
"Anyone who wishes to be unconquered by evil must first enkindle the flame of love of God in one's heart," the saint said, "the devil cannot touch a soul that is afire with love of God."
Srila Prabhupada explains, "Krishna consciousness is such a transcendentally nice thing that automatically material enjoyment becomes distasteful. It is as if a hungry man had satisfied his hunger by a sufficient quantity of nutritious eatables." (Bhagavad-gita 2.60, purport)
Srila Prabhupada also says, "The process is very simple. Simply by chanting the holy names of God - Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare - one cleanses the dirt from his heart and gains understanding that he is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord and that it is his duty to serve Him. This process is very pleasant: we chant the Hare Krishna mantra, we dance rhythmically, and we eat nice prasada. While enjoying this life, we are preparing to enter into the kingdom of God in our next life." - Easy Journey to Other Planets

Click on the link………

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/flash/cntower_timelapse.swf

Move your cursor over the picture……
& See the difference………….
Just wait for sometime as it will take some time to download.

India - “Truth alone triumphs”

§5,000 year old ancient civilization .

§ 325 languages spoken – 1,652 dialects .

§ 18 official languages

§ 29 states, 5 union territories

§ 3.28 million sq. kilometers - Area

§ 7,516 kilometers - Coastline

§ 1.3 Billion population.
§ 5600 dailies, 15000 weeklies and 20000 periodicals in 21 languages with a combined
circulation of 142 million.
§ GDP $576 Billion. (GDP rate 8%)
§ Parliamentary form of Government
§ Worlds largest democracy.
§ Worlds 4th largest economy.
§ World-class recognition in IT, bio-technology and space.
§ Largest English speaking nation in the world.
§ 3rd largest standing army force, over 1.5Million strong.
§ 2nd largest pool of scientists and engineers in the World.

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§Bharat Forge has the world's largest single-location forging facility, its clients include Honda, Toyota and Volvo amongst others.
§Hero Honda with 1.7M motorcycles a year is now the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world.
§India is the 2nd largest tractor manufacturer in the world.
§India is the 5th largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in the world.
§Ford has just presented its Gold World Excellence Award to India's Cooper Tyres.

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§Suzuki, which makes Maruti in India has decided to make India its manufacturing, export and research hub outside Japan.
§Hyundai India is set to become the global small car hub for the Korean giant and will produce 25k Santros to start with.
§By 2010 it is set to supply half a million cars to Hyundai Korea. HMI and Ford.
§The prestigious UK automaker, MG Rover is marketing 100,000 Indica cars made by Tata in Europe, under its own name.

§Aston Martin contracted prototyping its latest luxury sports car, AM V8 Vantage, to an Indian-based designer and is set to produce the cheapest Aston Martin ever.

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India: Technology Superpower

§Geneva-based STMicroelectronics is one of the largest semiconductor companies to develop integrated circuits and software in India.
§Texas Instruments was the first to open operations in Bangalore, followed by Motorola, Intel, Cadence Design Systems and several others.
§80 of the World’s 117 SEI CMM Level-5 companies are based in India.
§5 Indian companies recently received the globally acclaimed Deming prize. This prize is given to an organization for rigorous total quality management (TQM) practices.

§15 of the world's major Automobile makers are obtaining components from Indian companies.
§This business fetched India $1.5 Billion in 2003, and will reach $15 Billion by 2007.
§New emerging industries areas include, Bio-Informatics, Bio-Technology, Genomics, Clinical Research and Trials.
§World-renowned TQM expert Yasutoshi Washio predicts that Indian manufacturing quality will overtake that of Japan in 2013.
§McKinsey believes India's revenues from the IT industry will reach $87 Billion by 2008.
§Flextronics, the $14 billion global major in Electronic Manufacturing Services, has announced that it will make India a global competence centre for telecom software development.

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India: Trade

§Tata Motors paid $ 118 million to buy Daewoo commercial vehicle Company of Korea.
§Ranbaxy, the largest Indian pharmaceutical company, gets 70% of its $1 billion revenue from overseas operations and 40% from USA.
§Tata Tea has bought Tetley of UK for £260M.
§India is one of the world's largest diamond cutting and polishing centres, its exports were worth $6 Billion in 1999.
§About 9 out of 10 diamond stones sold anywhere in the world, pass through India.
§Garment exports are expected to increase from the current level of $6 billion to $25 billion by 2010.
§The country's foreign exchange reserves stand at an all-time high of $120 Billion.

§India's trade with China grew by by 104% in 2002 and in the first 5 months of 2003, India has amassed a surplus in trade close to $0.5M.
§Mobile phones are growing by about 1.5Million a month. Long distance rates are down by two-thirds in five years and by 80% for data transmission.
§Wal-Mart sources $1 Billion worth of goods from India - half its apparel. Wal-Mart expects this to increase to $10 Billion in the next couple of years.
§GAP sources about $600 million and Hilfiger $100 million worth of apparel from India.
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India: Self-Reliance

§India is among six countries that launch satellites and do so even for Germany, Belgium, South Korea, Singapore and EU countries.
§India's INSAT is among the world's largest domestic satellite communication systems.
§India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) was indigenously manufactured with most of the components like motor cases, inter-stages, heat shield, cryogenic engine, electronic modules all manufactured by public and private Indian industry.
§Kalpana Chawla was one of the seven astronauts in the Columbia space shuttle when it disintegrated over Texas skies just 16 minutesbefore its scheduled landing on Feb 1st 2003, she was the second Indian in space

§Back in 1968, India imported 9M tonnes of food-grains to support its people, through a grand programme of national self-sufficiency which started in 1971, today, it now has a food grain surplus stock of 60M.
§India is among the 3 countries in the World that have built Supercomputers on their own. The other two countries being USA and Japan.
§India built its own Supercomputer after the USA denied India purchasing a Cray computer back in 1987.
§India’s new ‘PARAM Padma’ Terascale Supercomputer (1 Trillion processes per sec.) is also amongst only 4 nations in the world to have this capability.
§India is providing aid to 11 countries, writing-off their debt and loaning the IMF $300M.
§It has also prepaid $3Billion owed to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
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India: Pharmaceuticals

§The Indian pharmaceutical industry at $6.5 billion and growing at 8-10% annually, is the 4th largest pharmaceutical industry in the world, and is expected to be worth $12 billion by 2008.
§Its exports are over $2 billion. India is among the top five bulk drug makers and at home, the local industry has edged out the Multi-National companies whose share of 75% in the market is down to 35%.
§Trade of medicinal plants has crossed $900M already.
§There are 170 biotechnology companies in India, involved in the development and manufacture of genomic drugs, whose business is growing exponentially.
§Sequencing genes and delivering genomic information for big Pharmaceutical companies is the next boom industry in India.
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Indians abroad

A snapshot of Indians at the helm of leading Global businesses
The Co-founder of Sun Microsystems (Vinod Khosla),
Creator of Pentium Chip (Vinod Dahm),
Founder and creator of Hotmail (Sabeer Bhatia),
Chief Executive of McKinsey & Co. (Rajat Gupta)
President and CFO of Pepsi Cola (Indra Nooyi)
President of United Airlines (Rono Dutta)
GM of Hewlett Packard (Rajiv Gupta)
President and CEO of US Airways (Rakesh Gangwal)
Chief Executive of CitiBank (Victor Menezes),
Chief Executives of Standard Chartered Bank (Rana Talwar)
Chief Executive officer of Vodafone (Arun Sarin)
President of AT & T-Bell Labs (Arun Netravali)
Vice-Chairman and founder of Juniper Networks (Pradeep Sindhu)
Founder of Bose Audio (Amar Bose)
Founder, chip designer Cirrus Logic (Suhas Patil )
Chairman and CEO of Computer Associates (Sanjay Kumar)
Head of (HPC WorldWide) of Unilever Plc. (Keki Dadiseth)
Chief Executive Officer of HSBC (Aman Mehta)
Director and member of Executive Board of Goldman Sachs (Girish Reddy)
Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (Raghuram Rajan)
Former CTO of Novell Networks (Kanwal Rekhi)
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India: Foreign Multi-National Companies

Top 5 American employers in India:
General Electric: : 17,800 employeesHewlett-Packard : 11,000 employeesIBM : 6,000 employeesAmerican Express : 4,000 employeesDell : 3,800 employees
§General Electric (GE) with $80 Million invested in India employs 16,000 staff, 1,600 R&D staff who are qualified with PhD’s and Master’s degrees.
§The number of patents filed in USA by the Indian entities of some of the MNCs (upto September, 2002) are as follows: Texas Instruments - 225, Intel - 125, Cisco Systems - 120, IBM - 120, Phillips - 102, GE - 95.
§Staff at the offices of Intel (India) has gone up from 10 to 1,000 in 4 years, and will reach 2000 staff by 2006.
§GE's R&D centre in Bangalore is the company's largest research outfit outside the United States. The centre also devotes 20% of its resources on 5 to 10 year fundamental research in areas such as nanotechnology, hydrogen energy, photonics, and advanced propulsion.
§It is estimated that there are 150,000 IT professionals in Bangalore as against 120,000 in Silicon Valley.
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India: BPO

§The domestic BPO sector is projected to increase to $4 billion in 2004 and reach $65 billion by 2010. (McKinsey & Co.).
§The outsourcing includes a wide range of services including design, architecture, management, legal services, accounting and drug development and the Indian BPOs are moving up in the value chain.
§There are about 200 call centers in India with a turnover of $2 billion and a workforce of 150,000.
§100 of the Fortune 500 are now present in India compared to 33 in China.
§Cummins of USA uses its R&D Centre in Pune to develop the sophisticated computer models needed to design upgrades and prototypes electronically and introduce 5 or 6 new engine models a year.
§Business Week of 8th December 2003 has said "Quietly but with breathtaking speed, India and its millions of world-class engineering, business and medical graduates are becoming enmeshed in America's New Economy in ways most of us barely imagine".
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William H. Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect Microsoft Corporation
(b-1955):
“…after the Chinese, South Indians are the smartest people in the world.”
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India: Technology Superpower

§Over 100 MNCs have set up R&D facilities in India in the past five years. These include GE, Bell Labs, Du Pont, Daimler Chrysler, Eli Lilly, Intel, Monsanto, Texas Instruments, Caterpillar, Cummins, GM, Microsoft and IBM.
§India’s telecom infrastructure between Chennai, Mumbai and Singapore, provides the largest bandwidth capacity in the world, with well over 8.5 Terabits (8.5Tbs) per second.
§With more than 250 universities, 1,500 research institutions and 10,428 higher-education institutes, India produces 200,000 engineering graduates and another 300,000 technically trained graduates every year.
§Besides, another 2 million other graduates qualify out in India annually.
§The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is among the top three universities from which McKinsey & Company, the world's biggest consulting firm, hires most.
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Indians in the USA.

Statistics that show:
38% of doctors in the USA,
12% of scientists in the USA,
36% of NASA scientists,
34% of Microsoft employees,
28% of IBM employees,
17% of INTEL scientists,
13% of XEROX employees,
… are Indians.

US H1-B Visa
applicants country
of origin:

1. India 44% 2. China 9% 3. Britain 5% 4. Philippines 3% 5. Canada 3% 6. Taiwan 2% 7. Japan 2% 8. Germany 2% 9. Pakistan 2% 10. France 2%

§Of the 1.5M Indians living in the USA, 1/5th of them live in the Silicon Valley.
§35% of Silicon Valley start-ups are by Indians.
§Indian students are the largest in number among foreign students in USA

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“IIT = Harvard + MIT + Princeton”

“IIT = Harvard + MIT + Princeton” , says CBS ‘60 Minutes’.
CBS' highly-regarded ‘60 Minutes’, the most widely watched news programme in the US, told its audience of more than 10 Million viewers that “IIT may be the most important university you've never heard of."
"The United States imports oil from Saudi Arabia, cars from Japan, TVs from Korea and Whiskey from Scotland. So what do we import from India? We import people, really smart people," co-host Leslie Stahl began while introducing the segment on IIT.“…the smartest, the most successful, most influential Indians who've migrated to the US seem to share a common credential: They are graduates of the IIT.”

“…in science and technology, IIT undergraduates leave their American counterparts in the dust.”
“Think about that for a minute: A kid from India using an Ivy League university as a safety school. That's how smart these guys are.”
There are “cases where students who couldn't get into computer science at IIT, they have gotten scholarships at MIT, at Princeton, at Caltech.”
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India

It is the only society in the world which has never known slavery

India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.
India was the richest country on Earth until the time of the British in the early 17th Century.

Robert Clive’s personal wealth amassed from the blunder of Bengal during 1750’s was estimated at around £401,102 .

It has been estimated that the total amount of treasure that the British looted from India had already reached £1,000,000,000 (£1Billion) by 1901.
Taking into consideration interest rates and inflation this would be worth close to $1,000,000,000,000 ($1Trillion) in real-terms today
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A Brief History of Time

Vedic Civilization
Indus & Saraswati Civilizations
Rise of Jainism and Buddhism
Mauryan Period
Golden Age of Indian Arts & Sciences
Muslim Invasions
The Mughal Empire
Portuguese Invasion
The British East-India Company
The British Empire
India's Freedom Struggle
Independence
Modern India 2020 Vision

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•India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
•Aryabhatta was the first to explain spherical shape, size ,diameter, rotation and correct speed of Earth in 499 AD.
•The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. Students from all over the World studied more than 60 subjects.
• The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
•Sanskrit is considered the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.

•Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
•Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in civilization.
•Christopher Columbus was attracted India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered the American continent by mistake.
•The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The word ‘Navigation’ is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
•In Siddhanta Siromani (Bhuvanakosam 6) Bhaskaracharya II described about gravity of earth about 400 years before Sir Isaac Newton. He also had some clear notions on differential calculus, and the Theory of Continued Fraction.

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The Ancient Vedic Hymns

Rig Veda - Knowledge of Hymns, 10,859 verses
“There is only one truth, only men describe it in different ways.“
Yajur Veda - Knowledge of Liturgy, 3,988 verses
Sama Veda - Knowledge of Classical Music, 1,549 verses
Ayur Veda - Knowledge of Medicine, over 100,000 verses
Upanishads
Jyotisha – Astrology and Astronomy.
Kalpa – Rituals and Legal matters.
Siksha – Phonetics.
Aitareya – Creation of the Universe, Man and Evolution.
Chandogya – Reincarnation, Soul.
Kaushitaki – Karma.
Kena – Austerity, Work, and Restraint.
Dharnur Veda – Science of Archery and War.
Mundaka – Discipline, Faith and warning of Ignorance.
Sulba Sutra – Knowledge of Mathematics
Yoga Sutra - Knowledge of Meditation
Kama Sutra - Knowledge of Love and Sex
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*Madhavacharya discovered Taylor series of Sine and Cosine function about 250 years before Taylor.
*Madhavacharya discovered Newton Power series.
* Madhavacharya discovered Gregory Leibnitz series for the Inverse Tangent about 280 years before Gregory.
*Madhavacharya discovered Leibnitz power series for pi about 300 years before Leibnitz.
*Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days
*Infinity was well known for ancient Indians. Bhaskaracharya II in Beejaganitha(stanza-20) has given clear explanation with examples for infinity

§Theory of Continued Fraction was discovered by Bhaskaracharya II.
§Indians discovered Arithmetic and Geometric progression. Arithmetic progression is explained in Yajurveda.
§Govindaswamin discovered Newton Gauss Interpolation formula about 1800 years before Newton.
§Vateswaracharya discovered Newton Gauss Backward Interpolation formula about 1000 years before Newton.
§Parameswaracharya discovered Lhuiler’s formula about 400 years before Lhuiler.
§Nilakanta discovered Newton’s Infinite Geometric Progression convergent series.
§Positive and Negative numbers and their calculations were explained first by Brahmagupta in his book Brahmasputa Siddhanta.
§Aryabhatta also propounded the Heliocentric theory of gravitation, thus predating Copernicus by almost one thousand years.
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The Surya Siddhanta,
A textbook on astronomy of ancient India,
last compiled in 1000 BC, believed to be handed down from 3000 BC by aid of complex mnemonic recital methods still known today.
Showed the Earth's diameter to be 7,840 miles,
compared to modern measurements of 7,926.7 miles.
Showed the distance between the Earth and the Moon as 253,000 miles,
Compared to modern measurements of 252,710 miles.
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§The value of "pi" was first calculated by Boudhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians. This was ‘validated’ by British scholars in 1999.
§Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were propounded by Sridharacharya in the 11th century.
§The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 1053 with specific names as early as 5000 BC during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera: 1012.

§Maharshi Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like caesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery.
§Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipments were used.
§Detailed knowledge of anatomy, physiology, aetiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
§When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in the Sindhu Valley Civilization.

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Kalarippayat - Origin of Martial arts – 200 BC

Kerala, South India, guardians of the origins of modern martial-arts,
influenced by Yoga and connected to the ancient Indian sciences of war (dhanur-veda) and medicine (ayur-veda).
The origin of kung-fu begins with the legend of a monk named Bodhidharma (also known as Ta Mo) who travelled from India to China around 500 A.D.

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica says:
"Man must have an original cradle land whence the peopling of
the earth was brought about by migration.
As to man’s cradle land, there have been many theories but the
weight of evidence is in favour of Indo-Malaysia.”
"If there is a country on earth which can justly claim the honour of having been the cradle of the Human race or at least the scene of primitive civilization, the successive developments of which carried into all parts of the ancient world and even beyond, the blessings of knowledge which is the second life of man, that country is assuredly India.“

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FUTURE

Secular Tolerance

"In India today,
we have a lady born a Catholic (Sonia Gandhi)
stepping aside so a Sikh (Manmohan Singh)
could be sworn in by a Muslim president (Abdul Kalam)
to lead a nation that's 82% Hindu.
I defy anyone to cite another country with such diversity and tolerance to its political leadership."

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Goldman Sachs Report of 1 October, 2003 –
"Dreaming with BRICs: The path to 2050"
India's GDP will reach $ 1 trillion by 2011,
$ 2 trillion by 2020,
$ 3 trillion by 2025,
$ 6 trillion by 2032,
$ 10 trillion by 2038, and
$ 27 trillion by 2050,
becoming the 3rd largest economy after USA and China.
In terms of GDP, India will overtake Italy by the year 2016, France by 2019, UK by 2022,
Germany by 2023, and Japan by 2032.
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Progress during the last 20 years
Poverty (incidence)
1980s 1990s 2000
44% 36% 26%
Education (literacy rate)
1980s 1990s 2000
44% 52% 65%
Health (life expectancy)
1980s 1990s 2000
56 60 69
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India’s population to be the largest in the world
India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous nation by 2050.
India’s population is expected to grow from 1.08bn to 1.63bn people, overtaking China, which is forecast to reach 1.44bn from 1.3bn currently.
India, will also have the highest working population in the World — 700 million people out of 1.1 billion people are young; the young population will continue till 2050.

"COMPETITIVE SALARY" --- TCS
We remain competitive by paying less than our competitors.
"JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY" --- ACCENTURE
We have no time to train you.
"CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE" -- COGNIZANT
we don't pay enough to expect that you'll dress up.
"MUST BE DEADLINE-ORIENTED" --- SIEMENS
You'll be six months behind schedule on your first day.
"SOME OVERTIME REQUIRED" --- WIPRO
Some time each night and some time each weekend.
"DUTIES WILL VARY" --- IBM
Anyone in the office can boss you around.
"MUST HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL" --- POLARIS
We have no quality control.
"CAREER-MINDED" --- SAPLABS
Female Applicants must be childless (and remain that way). ) very true
"APPLY IN PERSON" --- AOL
If you're old, fat or ugly you'll be told the position has been filled.
"NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE" --- NOVELL
We've filled the job; our call for resumes is just a legal formality.
"SEEKING CANDIDATES WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE" --- HCL
You'll need it to replace three people who just left.
"PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS A MUST" --- INFOSYS
You're walking into a company in perpetual chaos.
"REQUIRES TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS" --- SATYAM
You'll have the responsibilities of a manager, without the pay or respect.

Read about the great mind of Indians
BRAIN OF INDIAN.
IT IS NOT A STORY BUT A TRUE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN AMERICA.....
An Indian man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan
officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to India on business
for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.
The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security
for the loan, so the Indian man hands over the keys of a new Ferrari parked
on the street in front of the bank. He produces the title and everything
checks out. The loan officer agrees to accept the car as collateral for the
loan.
The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the Indian
for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An
employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank's underground
garage and parks it there.
Two weeks later, the Indian returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest,
which comes to $15.41.The loan officer says, "Sir, we are very happy to
have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely,but
we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found
that you are a multi millionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother
to borrow "$5,000"
The Indian replies: "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two
weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return'"
Ah, the mind of the Indian.......
This is why India is shining.......

try this... its really interesting
http://www.subservientprogrammer.com/main.aspx


Connect to this link. u will c a person sitting in front of the computer.
Type the words like "LAUGH" in the dispatch?..the person will do that action

Like that u type "CRY, DANCE, RUN, THROW,BREAK ,STAND,WHAT,VOMIT,EAT,DRINK ?etc..whatever u like. But it should be a single word ,
(It works only in Internet Explorer)

Very Inspiring and touching ....
A few weeks ago NIMH (National Institute of Mentally Handicapped , Hyderabad, INDIA) had conducted a sports meet for all the Physically & mentally handicapped children at National Stadium Hyderabad. In one race.., Nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled on the asphalt, tumbled over a couple of times, and began to cry. The other eight heard the boy cry. They slowed down and looked back. Then they all turned around and went back......every one of them. One girl with Down's Syndrome bent down and kissed him and said, "This will make it better." Then all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line. Everyone in the stadium stood, and the cheering went on for several minutes. People who were there are still telling the story. Why?? Because deep down we know this one thing: What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What matters in this life is helping others win, even if it means slowing down and changing our course. If you pass this on, we may be able to change our hearts as well as someone else's. "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle" Please tell others about it - at least to the people who will understand the meaning of the message.

The professor of a university challenged his students withthis question. "Did God create everything that exists?" A studentanswered bravely, "Yes, he did".
The professor then asked, "If God created everything, then he createdevil. Since evil exists (as noticed by our own actions), so God is evil.The student couldn't respond to that statement causing the professor toconclude that he had "proved" that "belief in God" was a fairy tale, andtherefore worthless.
Another student raised his hand and asked the professor, "May I pose aquestion? " "Of course" answered the professor.
The young student stood up and asked : "Professor does Cold exists?"
The professor answered, "What kind of question is that?...Of course thecold exists... haven't you ever been cold?"
The young ! student answered, "In fact sir, Cold does not exist. Accordingto the laws of Physics, what we consider cold, in fact is the absence ofheat. Anything is able to be studied as long as it transmits energy(heat). Absolute Zero is the total absence of heat, but cold does notexist. What we have done is create a term to describe how we feel if wedon't have body heat or we are not hot."
"And, does Dark exist?", he continued. The professor answered "Of course". This time the student responded, "Againyou're wrong,Sir. Darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in fact simply the absence of light.Light can be studied, darkness can not. Darkness cannot be broken down. A simple ray of light tears thedarkness and illuminates the surface where the light beam finishes. Dark is a term that we humanshave created to describe what happens when there's lack of light."
Finally, the student asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?" The profes! sor replied, "Of course it exists, as Imentioned at the beginning, we see violations, crimes and violence anywhere in the world, and those things are evil."
The student responded, "Sir, Evil does not exist. Just as in the previous cases, Evil is a term which man has createdto describe the result of the absence of God's presence in the hearts of man.
After this, the professor bowed down his head, and didn't answer back.
The young man's name was ALBERT EINSTEIN.

తళ్ళికోట యుద్ధము
ఈ యుద్ధానికి దారితీసిన పరిస్థితులు ఒక్క సారిగా ఉత్పన్నమైనవి కావు. దశాబ్దాలుగా విజయనగరానికి, సుల్తానులకు మధ్యగల వైరం తరచు యుద్ధాలకు కారణభూతమవుతూనే ఉండేది. దాదాపు ప్రతి దశాబ్దంలోనూ ఒక పెద్ద యుద్ధం సంభవించింది. ముఖ్యంగా సంపదలతో తులతూగే కృష్ణా, తుంగభద్ర నదుల మధ్యన ఉన్న రాయచూరు అంతర్వేది ప్రాంతం వీరి వైరానికి కేంద్రంగా ఉండేది. 1509 నుండి 1565 వరకు విజయనగరంపై విజయం, సుల్తానులకు అందని పండే అయింది. అంచేత, సహజంగానే విజయనగరాన్ని ఓడించాలనే కాంక్ష వారిలో ఉంది.
శ్రీకృష్ణదేవరాయలు 1520 మే 19న బీజాపూరు సుల్తాను ఇస్మాయిల్ ఆదిల్‌షాను చిత్తుగా ఓడించి రాయిచూరును స్వాధీనం చేసుకున్న తరువాత విజయనగరాన్ని గెలుచుకోవాలనే కలను మర్చిపోయి, సుల్తాను తన పొరుగున ఉన్న ముస్లిం రాజ్యాలతో స్నేహ సంబంధాల కొరకు ప్రయత్నించాడు. రాయచూరు ఓటమి దక్కను సుల్తానుల ఆలోచనలలో మార్పుతో పాటు సమైక్యంగా ఉండాలనే తలంపును తీసుకువచ్చింది.
ఈ సుల్తానులు ఒకరంటే ఒకరికి పడేది కాదు. అహ్మద్‌నగర్, బీజాపూర్ సుల్తానుల మధ్య పచ్చగడ్డి చేస్తే భగ్గుమనేంత వైరం ఉండేది. వీరి తగాదాల్లో రామరాయల సహాయం వారడగడం, రామరాయలు ఎవరో ఒకరి పక్షం వహించడం జరుగుతూ వచ్చింది. మొదట్లో నిజాంషాతో కలిసి ఆలీ ఆదిల్‌షాను ఓడించాడు. కొంతకాలానికే ఆదిల్‌షా రామరాయలుతో మైత్రి నెరపి నిజాంషాపై యుద్ధం చేసాడు. మరో సమయంలో హుసేన్‌ నిజాంషా, ఇబ్రహీం కుతుబ్‌షా కలిసి అలీ ఆదిల్‌షా పైకి దండెత్తినపుడు, అతడు రామరాయల సాయం కోరాడు. ఆదిల్‌షా, రామరాయల సంయుక్త సైన్యాన్ని కళ్యాణి వద్ద ఎదుర్కోడానికి సిద్ధపడ్డాక, సరిగ్గా యుద్ధం మొదలు పెట్టబోయే ముందు, కుతుబ్‌షా నిజాంషాను ఏకాకిని చేసి, తాను రామరాయలుతో చేరిపోయాడు. చేసేది లేక హుసేన్‌షా అహ్మద్‌నగర్‌కు పారిపోయాడు. ఒక పరస్పర నమ్మకంతో కూడిన, కాలపరీక్షకు నిలిచిన స్నేహాలు ఎవరి మధ్యనా లేవు.
సైనికపరంగా సుల్తానులపై తనది పైచేయిగా ఉండడంతో రామరాయలు వారితో చులకనగా వ్యవహరించేవాడు. తన సభలో వారి రాయబారులకు తగు గౌరవం ఇచ్చేవాడు కాదని చరిత్రకారులు చెబుతారు. ఐతే ఈ విషయం మీద చరిత్రకారులలో భిన్న అభిప్రాయాలు ఉన్నాయి. కొందరి చరిత్రకారుల ప్రకారం రామరాయలు ముస్లిములు నివసించే ప్రాంతాలను ఆక్రమించుకున్నపుడు ముస్లిము మతాచారాలను అవమానించేవాడని చెబుతారు. కాని కొందరు ఇది సరికాదనీ, రామరాయల వద్ద అనేక ముస్లిములు పనిచేసేవారనీ,రామరాయలు వారి కొరకు ప్రత్యేకంగా నివాసస్థలాలు, ప్రార్థనా స్థలాలు కట్టించి ఇచ్చేవాడని కొందరు అంటారు.
విజయనగర సామ్రాజ్యం చాలా విశాలంగా ఉండేది. అంతేకాకుండా సిరి సంపదలతో తులతూగుతూ అపారమైన సైనిక సంపత్తి కలిగి ఉండేది. ఇంతటి బృహత్తరమైన సామ్రాజ్యాన్ని జయించగలిగే శక్తి ఏ ఒక్క ముస్లిము రాజ్యానికీ అప్పట్లో లేదు. అందరు దక్కన్ సుల్తానులు కలిసి ఒక కూటమిగా ఏర్పడితేనే విజయనగరాన్ని జయించే అవకాశం ఉంది. విజయ నగరాన్ని జయించడానికి కూటమి ఏర్పాటుకు పూనుకోవాలని ఆదిల్‌షా సన్నిహితులు, సలహాదారులు ఆదిల్‌షా చెప్పారు. ఇంకో గమనించవలసిన విషయం ఏమిటంటే ఆ సమయం లొ ఆలీ ఆదిల్‌షాకు, రామరాయలకు మధ్య మైత్రి ఉండేది. అయినప్పటికీ అతడు గోల్కొండ సుల్తాను ఇబ్రహీం కుతుబ్‌షా తో మంతనాలు చేశాడు. ఇబ్రహీం దానికి ఒప్పుకోవడమే కాక, ఆదిల్‌షా బద్ధ విరోధియైన అహ్మద్‌నగర్ సుల్తానుకు రాయబారం పంపి ఆలీ ఆదిల్‌ షా కు హుస్సేన్‌ షా మధ్య సంధి కుదిర్చాడు. ఈ సంధిలో భాగంగా హుసేన్‌షా కూతురును ఆలీ ఆదిల్‌షా పెళ్ళి చేసుకోగా, ఆలీ ఆదిల్‌షా చెల్లెలిని హుసేన్‌షా కొడుకు పెళ్ళి చేసుకున్నాడు.
విజయనగరాన్ని పతనం చేయడానికి రామరాయలతో చెలిమిని ఆలీ ఆదిల్‌షా తుంచుకొనే ఎత్తుగడ వేశాడు. ఈ ఎత్తుగడ భాగం గా ఆదిల్‌ షా తన వద్ద నుండి తీసుకున్న కొన్ని ప్రాంతాలను తిరిగి ఇచ్చివేయవలసిందిగా కోరుతూ రామరాయలు వద్దకు ఒక ఒక రాయబారిని పంపాడు. ఆదిల్‌షా ఊహించినట్లు గానే రామరాయలు ఆ రాయబారాన్ని తిరస్కరించాడు. రాయబారం తిరస్కరించడంతొ యుద్ధం మొదలు పెట్టేందుకు ఒక కారణం కూడా సమకురింది
యుద్ధ భూమి
తళ్లికోట యుద్ధం ఈ పటములో చూపించిన వివిధ ప్రదేశాలలో జరిగినది భిన్నాభిప్రాయాలు ఉన్నవి
ఈ యుద్ధ సంగ్రామ స్థలం పై అనేక వాదనలు ఉన్నాయి. ఈ యుద్ధం రాక్షసి, తంగడి అనే రెండు గ్రామాల మధ్య జరిగిందని కొందరు , కాదు తళ్ళికోట వద్ద జరిగిందని కొందరు వాదిస్తారు. అయితే ఈ రెండు ప్రదేశాలు కాదని మరో రెండు వాదనలు ఉన్నాయి. రామరాజ్ఞ బఖైర్ మరియు కైఫియత్ల వంటి సాంప్రదాయక హిందూ రచనలు, మూలాలు యుద్ధము రాక్షసి తంగడి వద్ద జరిగిందని. ఫరిస్తా మొదలగు ముస్లిం చారిత్రికులు తళ్లికోట వద్ద జరిగిందని అభిప్రాయపడ్డారు.
దుర్గా ప్రసాదు అభిప్రాయం
విజయనగర సైన్యం రాక్షసి, తంగడి అనే రెండు గ్రామాల మధ్య మైదానంలో విడిది చేసింది. సుల్తానుల సమైక్య సైన్యం తళ్ళికోట అనే గ్రామం వద్ద విడిది చేసింది. యుద్ధం మాత్రం ఈ రెండు ప్రాంతాల మధ్య గల బన్నిహట్టి అనే ప్రదేశంలో జరిగింది.

రాబర్ట్ సెవెల్ అభిప్రాయం
తళ్ళికోట కృష్ణకు 25 మైళ్ళు ఉత్తరాన ఉన్నది. కానీ యుద్ధం, కృష్ణకు దక్షిణాన రామరాయలు విడిది చేసిన ముద్గల్ నుండి పది మైళ్ల దూరంలో జరిగింది. సుల్తానుల కూటమి కృష్ణానది వంపులో ఇంగల్గి గ్రామము వద్ద దాటి ఉండవచ్చు. కాబట్టి యుద్ధం ఇంగలిగి గ్రామం నుండి ముద్గల్ పోయే దారిలో భోగాపూర్ (బాయాపూర్) అనే గ్రామం వద్ద జరిగి ఉండవచ్చు.

యుద్ధ వివరణ
నలుగురు సుల్తానులు తమ సైన్యాలను బీజాపూరు సమీపంలోని ఒక మైదాన ప్రాంతంలో కలిపారు. 1564 డిసెంబర్ 25 న ఈ కూటమి సైన్యాలు దక్షిణ ముఖంగా ప్రయాణించి కృష్ణకు 25 మైళ్ళ దూరంలోని తళ్ళికోట గ్రామం వద్దకు చేరు కొన్నాయి.ఆ కూటమి సైన్యాలు చాలా రోజుల పాటు అక్కడే విడిది చేశాయి.
అక్కడ విజయనగరములొ రామరాయలు కూడా యుద్ధ సన్నాహాలు ప్రారంభించాడు. తన తమ్ముళ్ళు తిరుమల రాయలు , వెంకటాద్రి రాయలు ల సమేతంగా కృష్ణకు దక్షిణ భాగాన రాక్షసి, తంగడి గ్రామాల మధ్యన సైన్యాన్ని మోహరించాడు. సుల్తాను సైన్యం నదిని దాటే అవకాశము గల అన్ని చోట్ల కాపలాను పహారా ను ఏర్పాటు చేశాడు.
అయితే సుల్తానుల సైన్యం నది దిగువగా ప్రయాణం చేస్తున్నట్లు రామరాయల సైన్యాన్ని బొల్తా కొట్టించి, ఒకరాత్రి వేళ నదిని దాటడం ప్రారంభింది. తెల్లవారేసరికి సైన్యమంతా దక్షిణ తీరానికి చేరుకుంది. ఆ మరుసటి రోజున - 1565 జనవరి 23 (ఫరిష్తా యుద్ధం జరిగిన తేదీని జనవరి 23 గా గుర్తించాడు. రాబర్ట్ సెవెల్ కూడా తన పుస్తకంలో అదే తేదీని తీసుకున్నాడు.) - రెండు పక్షాల సైన్యాలు ఒకదానికొకటి ఎదురుపడ్డాయి. రెండు వైపులా సైన్యం లక్షల్లో ఉంది. రామరాయలు సైన్యాన్ని మూడు భాగాలుగా విభజించాడు. ఎడమ వైపున తిరుమల రాయలు ఆలీ ఆదిల్‌షాను , మధ్యన రామరాయలు హుసేన్ నిజాంషాను , కుడివైపున వెంకటాద్రి రాయలు ఇబ్రహీం కుతుబ్‌షా, ఆలీ బరీద్‌లను ఎదుర్కొనే విధంగా యుద్ధ వ్యూహ రచన చేశాడు.దక్కన్‌ సుల్తానుల కూటమి సైన్యం ఫిరంగులను మోహరించింది. ఈ ఫిరంగులను కప్పిపుచ్చుతూ రెండువేలమంది సైనికులు విజయనగర సైన్యంపై బాణాల వర్షం కురిపించారు. విజయనగర సైన్యం వీరిపైకి దాడి చేసే సమయానికి వీరు లాఘవంగా తప్పుకుని ఫిరంగులకు దారినిచ్చారు. విజయనగర సైన్యం సరిగ్గా ఫిరంగులకు ఎదురుగా వచ్చింది. హఠాత్తుగా మొదలైన ఫిరంగి దాడులతో విజయనగర సైన్యం వెనకడుగు వేసింది.
పల్లకీ ఎక్కి పర్యవేక్షిస్తున్న రామరాయలు పల్లకీ దిగి ఒక ఎత్తైన సింహాసనమెక్కి బంగారు నాణేలు విరజిమ్ముతూ సైన్యాన్ని ఉత్సాహపరచాడు. విజయనగర సైన్యం కూడా కూటమి సైన్యంపై దాడులు చేసి బాగా నష్టం కలిగించడంతో రెండువైపులోని కూటమి సైన్యం వెనక్కు కొంచెం తగ్గింది. మధ్య భాగం లోని కూటమి సైన్యం ఫిరంగులలో రాగి నాణేలను కూరి విజయనగర సైన్యంపై పేల్చింది. ఈ రాగి నాణాల దాడికి వేలాది సైనికులు బలయ్యారు. సైన్యం అంతా చెల్లాచెదురయింది. ఈ హడావుడిలో రామరాయలు గద్దె దిగి, మళ్ళీ పల్లకి ఎక్కబోయాడు. సరిగ్గా అదే సమయానికి ఫిరంగుల మోతలకు బెదిరిన కూటమి సైన్యంలోని ఓ ఏనుగు పరిగెత్తుకుంటు రామరాయల పల్లకీ వైపు వచ్చింది. అదిచూసి భయపడిన బోయీలు పల్లకిని వదిలేసి పరుగెత్తారు. కిందపడిపోయిన రామరాయలు తేరుకుని లేచి గుర్రమెక్కేలోగా హుసేన్ నిజాం షా సైన్యం రామరాయలను పట్టుకుని బంధించి, సుల్తాను ముందు హాజరు పరచింది. హుసేన్‌షా స్వయంగా రామరాయల తల నరికి యుద్ధభూమిలో పైకెత్తి ప్రదర్శించాడు.
తమ రాజు మరణం చూసిన విజయనగర సైన్యం దిక్కుతోచని స్థితిలో పరుగులు తీసింది. కూటమి సైన్యం వారిని వెంటాడి హతమార్చింది. కనీసమాత్రపు ఆత్మరక్షణను కూడా ఆలోచించే పరిస్థితిలో లేని సైన్యం చెల్లాచెదురైంది. వెంకటాద్రి రాయలు మరణించాడు. తిరుమలరాయలు ఒక కన్ను కోల్పోయి వెనక్కు నగరానికి పారిపోయాడు.

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ఇదే కథ తో 1936 సంవత్సరం లో శశిరేఖా పరిణయం పేరు తో ఒక చిత్రం రూపొందించబడింది. దానికి మాయాబజార్ అని మరొక పేరు. అదే పేరుని ఈ చిత్రానికి కూడా పెట్టడం జరిగింది. ఇక కథ విషయానికి వస్తే, మహాభారతంలో జరగని ఒక కల్పిత గాథ, ఈ చిత్ర కథావస్తువు.
దుర్యోధనుని కుమారుడైన లక్ష్మణ కుమారుడితో వివాహం నిశ్చయమైన శశిరేఖను, ఘటోత్కచుడు తన మాయజాలంతో అపహరించి, తన ఆశ్రమంలో అభిమన్యుడితో వివాహం జరిపించడం, తాను మాయా శశిరేఖ అవతారం దాల్చడం, కౌరవులను ముప్పుతిప్పలు పెట్టడం, కృష్ణుడు వీటన్నిటికి పరోక్షంగా సహకరించడం, ఇవి ఈ చిత్రంలోని ముఖ్య ఘట్టాలు.

మాయాబజార్ ప్రశస్తి


సంగీత, సాహిత్యాల విషయానికి వస్తే, ఈ చిత్రము ఒక మహాద్భుతమని చెప్పవచ్చు. మాయాబజార్ సినిమా కోసం పింగళి నాగేంద్రరావు రచించిన మాటలు, పాటలు అజరామరంగా నిలుస్తాయి. ఈ చిత్రంలో రచయిత పింగళి నాగేంద్రరావు తస్మదీయులు, దుష్టచతుష్టయం , జియ్యా , రత్న గింబళీ, గిల్పం, శాఖంబరి దేవి ప్రసాదం, వంటి కొత్త పదాలను మనకు రుచి చూపిస్తాడు. రసపట్టులో తర్కం కూడదు, భలే మామా భలే, ఇదే మన తక్షణ కర్తవ్యం, ఎవరూ కనిపెట్టకుండా మాటలు ఎలా పుడతాయి, వేసుకో వీరతాడు వంటి సంభాషణలు మనల్ని గిలిగింతలు పెట్టిస్తాయి.
మాటలు లేని చోటుల్లో కెమెరా మరింత అద్భుతంగా పని చేస్తుంది. ఉదాహరణకు చిన్న పిల్ల గా ఆడుకుంటున్న శశిరేఖ ఉద్యానవనంలో ఒక కొలని గట్టున అలవోకగా కూర్చుంటుంది. కెమెరా ఆమె మొహమ్మీదనుంచి మెల్లగా పాన్ అయి కొలనులోని తామరమొగ్గను చూపిస్తుంది. గడచి పోతున్న కాలానికి గుర్తుగా కొలనులో అలలు రేగడమూ, ఆ మొగ్గ మెల్లగా విచ్చుకోవడమూ, ఆ తర్వాత కెమెరా మెల్లగా వెనక్కి తిరిగి శశిరేఖ మొహాన్ని చూపడమూ జరుగుతాయి. ఇప్పుడక్కడ నవయవ్వనవతి యైన శశిరేఖ అంటే సావిత్రి ఉంటుంది!
ఈ చిత్రానికి మొదటగా సాలూరు రాజేశ్వరరావు సంగీత దర్శకులుగా నియమితులయ్యారు. 4 యుగళగీతాలకు స్వర కల్పన చేసాక, కారణాంతరాల వలన ఆయన తప్పుకోగా సంగీత దర్శకుడిగా ఘంటసాల నియమితులయ్యారు. రాజేశ్వరరావు కట్టిన బాణీలకు వాయిద్య సంగీతాన్ని సమకూర్చి రికార్డు చేసారు ఘంటసాల. ఘంటసాల , పి.లీల , పి.సుశీల , మాధవపెద్ది సత్యం మొదలగు వారి నేపధ్య గానంలో వచ్చిన , నీవేనా నను తలచినది, చూపులు కలసిన శుభవేళా, లాహిరి లాహిరి లాహిరిలో, నీ కోసమె నే జీవించునదీ, సుందరి నీవంటి, ఆహ నా పెళ్ళీ అంటా, వివాహభోజనంబు వంటి గీతాలు చరిత్రలో చిరస్థాయిగా నిలిచాయి. చమత్కారమేమిటంటే ఈ పాటల పల్లవులు తర్వాతి కాలంలో సినిమా పేర్లుగా వాడుకోబడ్డాయి. ఆలాగే లాహిరి లాహిరి లాహిరిలో అన్న ఒకే పాటకు ముగ్గురు నటులకు (ఎన్.టి.ఆర్, ఎ.ఎన్.ఆర్ , గుమ్మడి) ఘంటసాల పాడటం ఒక ప్రత్యేక విశేషం.
ఇక స్క్రిప్టు మనల్ని తల తిప్పుకోనీయకుండా చేస్తే మార్కస్ బార్ట్లే ఛాయాగ్రహణం, హర్బన్స్ సింగ్ స్పెషల్ ఎఫెక్ట్లూ మనల్ని రెప్ప వాల్చనీయకుండా చేస్తాయి. ఈ చిత్రానిది ప్రపంచ సినిమా చరిత్రలోనే అత్యుత్తమమైన స్క్రీన్ ప్లే అని గుమ్మడి వెంకటేశ్వరరావు అభిప్రాయపడ్డారు. "లాహిరి లాహిరి లాహిరిలో" పాటను చూసి తెలుగు సినిమా చరిత్ర లోనే వెన్నెలనింత అందంగా ఇంకెక్కడా చూడలేదు' అనుకున్న వారు ఆ పాటను మండుటెండలో తీశారని తెలుసుకుని తెల్లబోయారు. ఇక స్పెషల్ ఎఫెక్టులా లెక్కపెట్టలేనన్ని. మచ్చుకు కొన్ని:
అభిమన్యుడి దగ్గరకు తొలిసారి వచ్చినప్పుడు ఘటోత్కచుడు కొండ మీద దూకగానే ఆ అదటుకు కొండకొమ్ము విరిగి పడడమూ,
మాయామహల్లో కంబళి లా కనిపించే గింబళి తనంతట తనే చుట్టుకోవడం,
తల్పం లాంటి గిల్పం గిరగిరా తిరిగి క్రిందపడదోయడం లాంటి విడ్డూరాలు,
ఘటోత్కచుడి "వివాహభోజనం"బు షాట్లు
కంప్యూటర్ గ్రాఫిక్స్ లేని రోజుల్లో ఈ షాట్లు ఎలా తీయగలిగారనేది తలచుకుంటే ఆశ్చర్యం కలుగుతుంది.

పాత్రలు వాటి స్వభావాలు, పాత్రధారులు
ఘటోత్కచుడు
మొదటిసారి చూసినప్పుడు అభిమన్యుడెవరో తనకు తెలియకపోయినా "బాలకా! నీ మీద ఏలనో ఆయుధము ప్రయోగించడానికి చేతులు రావడము లేదు" అని అనురాగం ప్రకటిస్తాడు. రాక్షస విద్యార్థులు 'దుష్టచతుష్టయం' అనే మాటలో ఒత్తులు సరిగా పలకలేక విడివిడిగా 'దుసట చతుసటయం' అని పలుకుతూంటే ఆ తప్పుని సరిదిద్దక దుర్యోధనాదుల్ని గుర్తు చేసుకుని పళ్ళు కొరుకుతూ "వాళ్ళనలాగే విడివిడి చేసి పొడిపొడి చేసెయ్యాలి." అని సమర్థిస్తాడు.
"వివాహభోజనంబు" పాటయ్యాక ఘటోత్కచుడు పెళ్ళివంటకాలన్నీ చూసి ఆత్రం పట్టలేక తొందరగా తినెయ్యాలని గద పక్కన పెట్టి వొళ్ళు పెంచి కూర్చుంటాడు. అన్నీ ఖాళీ చేశాక గద కోసం తడుముకుంటే అది చేతికందనంత చిన్నదిగా ఉంటుంది. ఆ సందర్భంలో ఆ రాక్షసుడు ముందు తికమక పడి, నిదానంగా విషయం అర్థమైనట్లు తలాడిస్తాడు. అలాగే చివరి ఘట్టంలో తన అనుచరులు కౌరవులను చావబాదుతున్నప్పడు "ఆహా! ఆర్తనాదములు శ్రవణానందముగానున్నవి" అని తన రాక్షస ప్రవృత్తిని ప్రకటిస్తాడు.
రేవతి
సాత్యకి రాజసూయ యాగం నుంచి తిరిగొచ్చి మయసభ గురించి వర్ణిస్తూంటే, రేవతి "వనాలూ, తటాకాలూ కూడా మణిమయాలేనా?" అని ఆశగా, ఆశ్చర్యంగా అడుగుతుంది. ప్రియదర్శినిలో ఆమెకు ప్రియమైన వస్తువులుగా మణులు, బంగారం కనిపిస్తాయి. అయితే, ఆ నెపాన్ని రుక్మిణి మీదకు నెట్టేస్తుంది: "ఏమో, నాపక్కన నువ్వున్నావు. నువ్వనుకున్నది కనిపించిందేమో?" అని. పాండవులు రాజ్యం కోల్పోగానే, వాళ్ళ సంబంధం వదులుకోవడానికి ఏ మాత్రమూ సంకోచించని దానిగా ఆమె ధనాశను, అవకాశవాద తత్వాన్ని ఇక్కడ ఈ రెండు మాటల్లోనే సూచించారు.
అప్పటిలో ఈ సినిమాకు 26 లక్షలు రూపాయలు ఖర్చు అయ్యింది. అంత ఖర్చు పెట్టి తీయడం విజయావారికే సాధ్యమయ్యింది. విజయావారి సినిమాలో నటించడం నటీనటులకొక ప్రతిష్టాత్మక విషయంగా భావించేవారు. చాలా మంది కోరిక ఈ మాయాబజార్ సినిమాతో సఫలమయ్యంది. ఈ సినిమాలో నటించిన కొందరు కళాకారులు.
పాత్ర
పాత్రధారి
వ్యాఖ్య
కృష్ణుడు
ఎన్.టి.ఆర్
అంతకు ముందు ఒక సినిమాలో వేసిన కృష్ణుని పాత్రకు మంచి స్పందన రాలేదు. కనుక ఈ సినిమాలో చాలా జాగ్రత్త తీసుకొని ఎన్.టి.ఆర్.కు ఈ పాత్ర, మేకప్ రూప కల్పన చేశారు. తరువాత కధ ఎవరికి తెలియదు?
అభిమన్యుడు
ఏ.ఎన్.ఆర్
శశిరేఖ (బలరాముని కుమార్తె)
సావిత్రి
ఘటోత్కచుడు
ఎస్.వి.రంగారావు
ఈ సినిమాలో పాత్ర చిత్రీకరణ వల్ల తెలుగువారికి ఘటోత్కచుడు చాలా ప్రియమైన వ్యక్తి ఐపోయాడు.
లక్ష్మణ కుమారుడు
రేలంగి
లక్ష్మణ కుమారుని హాస్యగానిగా చూపడం మహాభారత కధలో అతని పాత్రకు అనుగుణంగా లేదు. కాని ఇది "మాయ" బజార్ కదా?
చిన్నమయ
రమణా రెడ్డి
బలరాముడు
గుమ్మడి వెంకటేశ్వరరావు
కృష్ణుడు, బలరాముడు అన్నదమ్ములన్న విషయానికి ప్రాముఖ్యతనివ్వడం కోసం ఒక సీనులో దర్శకుడు ఎన్.టి.ఆర్., గుమ్మడిల ముక్కులలో పోలికలను చూపడానికి ప్రయత్నించారట!
దుర్యోధనుడు
ముక్కామల
శకుని
సి.ఎస్.ఆర్
రేవతీ దేవి (బలరాముని భార్య)
ఛాయా దేవి
సుభద్ర
ఋష్యేంద్రమణి
ఋష్యేంద్రమణికి మొదట రేవతి పాత్ర ఇచ్చారట. కాని గర్విష్టి పాత్ర తనకు ఇష్టంలేక చక్రపాణిని సుభద్ర పాత్ర అడిగి తీసుకొన్నానని ఒకసారి ఋష్యేంద్రమణి టీవీ ఇంటర్వ్యూలో చెప్పింది.
రుక్మిణి
సంధ్య
ప్రముఖ నటి, తమిళనాడు మాజీ ముఖ్యమంత్రి కుమారి జయలలిత తల్లి.
సాత్యకి
నాగభూషణం
కర్ణుడు
మిక్కిలినేని
దుశ్శాసనుడు
ఆర్.నాగేశ్వరరావు
రథ సారది
వల్లూరి బాలకృష్ణ
చిన్నారి శశిరేఖ
సరస్వతి
బాల నటి
చిన్నారి అభిమన్యుడు
ఆనంద్
బాల నటుడు
లంబు
చదలవాడ కుటుంబరావు
జంబు
నాల్ల రామ్మూర్తి
పల్లెటూరి పిల్ల చ్రిత్రంలో లప్పం పాత్రధారి
ధూళిపాళ
మోహన
భానుమతి (దుర్యోధనుని భార్య)
రజని
కృష్ణుడు
కంచి నరసింహారావు
కృష్ణుడు మాయా రూపంలో ఉండి అటు నేనే ఇటు నేనే పాట పాడే పాత్రధారి
శర్మ
అల్లు రామలింగయ్య
దారుకుడు
మాధవపెద్ది సత్యం
శాస్త్రి
వంగర వెంకటసుబ్బయ్య
యశోద
బెజవాడ రాజారత్నం
వినవమ్మా యశోద పాటలో
చిన్ని కృష్ణుడు
బాబ్జీ
వినవమ్మా యశోద పాటలో
సీత
సీత
అలనాటి నటీమణి.

మరిన్ని 'మాయ'లు
అభిమన్యుడి పెళ్ళి చుట్టూ మూడు గంటల సేపు కథ నడిస్తే పాండవులెక్కడా కనిపించకపోయినా వాళ్ళేమయారనే అనుమానమెక్కడా ప్రేక్షకులకు రాలేదంటే అది దర్శకుడు పన్నిన మాయాజాలమే.
"అహ నా పెళ్ళంట.." పాటలో తధోంధోంధోం తధీంధీంధీం అనే బిట్ ని పాడింది మాధవపెద్ది సత్యం కాదు. ఘంటసాల.
"దురహంకార మదాంధులై.." అనే పద్యానికి ముందు వచ్చే "విన్నాను మాతా విన్నాను.." అనే సుదీర్ఘమైన డైలాగ్ ను పలికింది రంగారావు కాదు. మాధవపెద్ది సత్యం.
ఆశ్చర్యం: ఈ సినిమాలో కర్ణుడికి అసలు కవచ కుండలాలే లేవు.
ఈ చిత్రంలో ప్రముఖ నేపథ్య గాయకులు మాధవపెద్ది సత్యం , భళి భళి భళి భళి దేవా గీతంలో రథసారథి పాత్రలో కనిపించి మనల్ని అలరిస్తారు.

పాటలు. పద్యాలు
ఈ సినిమాలో హిట్టయిన పాటలకు సాలూరు రాజేశ్వరరావు అసలు సంగీత దర్శకుడు. (చూపులు కలసిన శుభవేళా, నీవేనా నను తలచినది, లాహిరి లాహిరి లాహిరిలో, నీ కోసమె నే జీవించునది) కానీ చక్రపాణితో వచ్చిన విభేదాలవలన సాలూరు తప్పుకొనగా మిగిలిన సంగీతాన్ని ఘంటసాల అందించాడు. అయితే సినిమా టైటిల్స్‌లో సాలూరు రాజేశ్వరరావు పేరు చూపలేదు.
పాట / పద్యం
గీతరచన
నేపథ్యగానము
నీవేనా నను తలచినది
ఘంటసాల వెంకటేశ్వరరావు
లాహిరి లాహిరి లాహిరిలో
ఘంటసాల వెంకటేశ్వరరావు
వివాహ భోజనంబు
మాధవపెద్ది సత్యం
అహనా పేళ్ళంట
భళి భళి భళి దేవా
మాధవపెద్ది సత్యం
చూపులు కలసిన శుభవేళ
ఘంటసాల వెంకటేశ్వరరావు
నీకోసమె నే జీవించునది
ఘంటసాల వెంకటేశ్వరరావు, పి.లీల
సుందరి నీవంటి దివ్య స్వరూపము
ఘంటసాల వెంకటేశ్వరరావు
దయచేయండి దయచేయండి
విన్నావటమ్మా ఓ యశోదమ్మా
వర్ధిల్లు మా తల్లి వర్ధిల్లవమ్మా
ఎమ్.ఎల్.వసంతకుమారి
అఖిల రాక్షస మంత్ర (పద్యం)
లల్లిలలా లల్లిలలా
ఒకటే మా వయసు ఓ రాజా ఒకటే మా సొగసు
అష్టదిక్కుంభి కుంభాగ్రాలపై (పద్యం)
మాధవపెద్ది సత్యం
దురహంకార మదాంధులై ఖలులు విద్రోహంబు కావించిరే (పద్యం)
మాధవపెద్ది సత్యం
శకునియున్న చాలు శనియేల అని గదా (పద్యం)
సి.ఎస్.ఆర్.ఆంజనేయులు

ఎన్ని మాయాబజార్లు?
అసలు మహాభారతంలో లేని ఈ కధ భారతీయ సినిమా వారికి బాగా ఇష్టమైన కధావస్తువు అనిపిస్తుంది. మొత్తం పదికి పైగా సినిమాలు ఈ ఇతివృత్తంతో వచ్చాయి.
మూగసినిమాల కాలంలో "మాయాబజార్" లేదా "సురేఖా హరన్" - 1925లో విడుదలయ్యింది. బాబూరావు పైంటర్ దర్శకత్వంలో వచ్చింది. ఇందులో కధానాయకుడు శాంతారాం.
అదే పేరుతో 1932లో నానూభాయి పటేల్ దర్శకత్వంలో వచ్చింది.
అదే సినిమా తమిళంలో "మాయాబజార్" లేదా "వత్సల కళ్యాణ్" గా వచ్చింది. తమిళ రూపకానకి ఆర్.పద్మనాభన్ దర్శకుడు.
పి.విదాస్ దర్శకత్వంలో 1935లో "మాయాబజార్" లేదా "శశిరేఖా పరిణయం" పేరుతో తెలుగు సినిమాగా వచ్చింది. ఇందులో శశిరేఖగా శాంతకుమారి నటించింరది.
మరాఠీ మాయాబజార్ జి.వి.పవార్ దర్శకత్వంలో 1939లో వచ్చింది.
ధర్మదత్తాధికారి దర్శకత్వంలో "మాయాబజార్" లేదా "వత్సలా హరన్" గా 1949లో హిందీ, మరాఠీ భాషలలో తీశారు.
నానాభట్ సినిమా "వీర ఘటోత్కచ" లేదా "సురేఖా హరన్" 1949లో వచ్చింది. ఇందులో శశిరేఖగా మీనాకుమారి నటించింది.
తెలుగు, తమిళ భాషలలో కె.వి.రెడ్డి దర్శకత్వంలో 1957లో వచ్చిన ప్రఖ్యాత "మాయాబజార్" దీనిని 1971లో హిందీలోకి డబ్బింగ్ చేశారు.
బాబూభాయి మిస్త్రీ 1958లో తీసిన మాయాబజార్‌లో కధానాయిక అనితా గుహా. తరువాత ఈ సినిమా "వీర ఘటోత్కచ" పేరుతో తెలుగు, తమిళ, కన్నడ భాషలలోకి అనువదింపబడింది.
శాంతిలాల్ సోనీ హిందీలో "వీర్ ఘటోత్కచ" సినిమా తీశాడు.
హిందీలోను, గుజరాతీలోను 1984లో బాబూభాయి మిస్త్రీ "మాయాబజార్" చిత్రం రంగులలో నిర్మించాడు.
ఇదే పేరుతో దాసరి నారాయణరావు ఒక సాంఘిక చిత్రాన్ని నిర్మించాడు.

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పాత్రల ప్రవర్తన: మాయాబజార్‌లో పాత్రలు, వాటి స్వభావాలు మన నిత్యజీవనంలో ఇరుగుపొరుగువారి ప్రవర్తనకు చాలా దగ్గరఱగా ఉన్నాయి. కనుక ఆ పాత్రలతో ప్రేక్షకులకు ఒక అనుబంధం ఏర్పడింది.
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